Monday, 18 August 2014

Nigerian Doctor Appeals To US For Experimental Drug To Save Colleague's Life

A doctor at the First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, Ladi Okubadejo, on
Thursday appealed to the U.S. government to urgently send whatever
medication in its possession on Ebola virus to Nigeria. Mr. Okubadejo said his colleague was trying to save
Patrick Sawyer’s life and does not deserve to die.

A doctor at the First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, Ladi
Okubadejo, on Thursday appealed to the U.S. government to urgently send
whatever medication in its possession on Ebola virus to Nigeria.

Mr. Okubadejo, who spoke at a news conference in Ikeja,
said his appeal was aimed at saving the life of his infected colleague, A. S.
Adadevoh, and other Nigerians at risk of the disease.

The First Consultant Hospital was where the late Patrick
Sawyer, the Liberian-American, was diagnosed with the deadly Ebola disease.

Mr. Okubadejo said that Ms. Adadevoh, a Senior Consultant
Physician and Endocrinologist, was one of those who diagnosed and was treating
Mr. Sawyer of the ailment when he was first brought into First Consultant.

“She treated Patrick Sawyer because she was patriotic
only for her to be infected with the virus. I am appealing to the U.S.
government to send whatever medication they have to Nigeria fast to save
Adadevoh. She does not deserve to die. So, this is the reason for this appeal,”
Mr. Okubadejo said.

The U.S. had used the experimental drug, Zmapp, to treat
two of its citizens infected with the virus.